Last call for dolphin sculpture sponsors and artists

A man in a black polo T-shirt stands next to a a white, unpainted dolphin sculpture that reaches up to his shoulder.Image source, GSPCA
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Local artists and community groups will decorate 62 dolphin sculptures

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Artists, companies and organisations in Guernsey are being given one last chance to get involved in an art installation which will place dolphin sculptures around the bailiwick.

Autism Guernsey and GSPCA are looking for sponsors and artists for four of the 62 sculptures on the 2025 Guernsey Dolphin Discovery Trail.

Each of the sculptures will be decorated by a local artist or community group and exhibited around the bailiwick.

Steve Byrne, GSPCA manager, said it would delight the charities to find the last few sponsors and artists, adding this was the "last chance to get involved".

The trail will be launched this spring with the sculptures auctioned off to raise money for the charities towards the end of the summer.

The project follows the success of 2023's puffin trail, which raised more than £140,000 for the charities.

Andrew Sparks, director of Autism Guernsey, said the charity was "delighted" to "bring joy to the island and [raise] much needed funds" for both charities.

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